PUTTING AN END TO WORSHIP WARS - Elmer Towns

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SPIRITUAL GIFTS SEE ALSO SPECIFIC SPIRITUAL GIFTS When Paul addressed the Corinthians on the subject, he used five different Greek words to describe the nature of spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:1-7). First, he used the word pneumatikon which is translated "spiritual" (1 Cor. 12:1). This adjective describes the character of these gifts as spiritual. Next, he used the word charismata which is translated "gifts" (1 Cor. 12:4). This term emphasizes gifts as God's free and gracious gifts. The word diakonia is the third term used to describe gifts. This word is translated "ministries" (1 Cor. 12:5) and reveals gifts as opportunities for ministry. Fourth, the word energema, translated "activities" (1 Cor. 12:6), suggests that gifts are an endowment of God's power or energy. Finally, the word phanerosis, translated "manifestation" (1 Cor. 12:7), means that gifts are evidence of God working through us. When the various biblical lists of spiritual gifts are examined, there appear to be three kinds of spiritual gifts. First are the miraculous gifts such as toungues and healing. Then there are four enabling gifts which each Christian appears to have to some degree (discernment, faith, knowledge and wisdom). These gifts enhance the third group of spiritual gifts, the task-oriented gifts. Task-oriented gifts are our tools for effectiveness as part of the ministry team and include evangelism, prophecy, teaching, exhortation, shepherding, showing mercy, serving, giving and administration. SUPER CHURCH Churches which have demonstrated a strong desire and ability to growth, that have many agencies for growth (synergistic approach to evangelism), that are located on a large church campus, and that have a varied staff of professionals. Super churches usually number in the thousands. TEACHING, GIFT OF Teaching is commmunication biblical principles in the power of the Holy Spirit to others and demonstrating the relevance of those principles to the specific needs represented. Those gifted in the area of teaching tend to be dilligent students of the Scripture, who have accumulated a thorough understanding of biblical principles as a result of their consistent study habits. WINNABLE PEOPLE <strong>WORSHIP</strong> Those who are considered receptive to the gospel; those who will respond. Worship is a face-to-face encounter with the living God based on a regeneration experience, prompted by the Holy Spirit, and resulting in the exhaltation of God's glory. Simply speaking, worship is giving the worthship to God that He deserves because He is God. Therefore, worship should be an emotional intellectual, and volitional response to God. Because
of the relationship between worshipper and God who is worshipped, worship is a growing thing and a dynamic entity. Worship is personal, and true worship cannot be divorced from the worshipper. Worship, we might say, is an earnest effort to re-create the conditions and experiences that have been found to deepen a person's relationship with God. Worship involves the intellectual process, but it is more than mere knowledge of God. Worship stirs the emotions, but is more than the expression of passion. Worship comes from a person's choice to surrender his/her will to God, but is more than a mere decision. The heart is moved by biblical facts to re-create the fundamental human experiences of praise, adoration and exhaltation of God for who He is and what He has done for humans in general and the worshipper in specific.
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PUTTING AN END TO WORSHIP WARS By E
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INTRODUCTION Since this is a book a
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True worship involves change and it
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under Martin Luther was a reformati
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these names represented a sect, an
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A similar variety of consumer optio
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SIX WORSHIP STYLES 1. The Evangelis
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The pastors told me they had not ch
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The Liturgical Church eagerly carri
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The average Christian knows about a
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So, let's learn what we need to kno
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young people from my church were co
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Dallas taught me to preach differen
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would not preach boring Pentecostal
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The third question I ask my student
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CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH TO DETERMINE
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that no man could count, from every
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outwardly committed to the process
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2. Church Planting. At the beginnin
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METHODOLOGY APPLIED TO WORSHIP How
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CHAPTER FOUR WORSHIP WARS The churc
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The pastor liked the Bible Expositi
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Whether people disagree because of
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that help them cope with their prob
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society is apparently retreating fr
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4. New worship forms have robbed th
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The ultimate question that some wou
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elationship with God we've been tal
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in evangelism are effective in maki
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soul-winning and reaching every ava
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have not been trained. Others fail
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While some expository preachers ten
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CHAPTER SEVEN THE RENEWAL CHURCH Ev
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demonstrated in that miracles are o
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most human needs can be met in a va
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